Splinting: Difference between revisions
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|[[Long arm posterior splint]] after reduction | |[[Long arm posterior splint]] after reduction | ||
|If associated fracture emergent ortho consult | |If associated fracture emergent ortho consult | ||
Revision as of 12:34, 8 November 2015
Types
- Hand
- Arm
- Leg
Upper Extremity
Humerus
| Fracture | Splint | Disposition |
| Humeral shaft fracture |
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| Supracondylar Humeral Fracture | Long Arm Posterior Splint | Ortho consult for Type 2 or 3 |
| Humeral condyle fracture | Long Arm Posterior Splint | ortho for ORIF if displaced |
| Olecranon fracture |
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Forearm
| Fracture | Splint | Disposition |
| Radial head fracture |
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| Monteggia fracture-dislocation (ulnar shaft w/prox radioulnar disloc) | Emergent ortho for ORIF | |
| Galeazzi fracture (distal radius w/distal ulnar disloc) | Emerg. ortho for ORIF | |
| Elbow dislocation | Long arm posterior splint after reduction | If associated fracture emergent ortho consult |
| Forearm fracture | Sugar Tong Splint | |
| Colle's fracture (distal radius with dist dorsal angulation) | Sugar Tong Splint | |
| Smith fracture (reverse colles w/ volar angulation) | Sugar Tong Splint |
Hand
- Flexor tendon injury
- Finger Splint + hand specialist ref.
- Extensor tendon injury
- Poss ED repair + Finger Splint to hand specialist
- Mallet Finger
- Finger Splint to DIP (DIP in slight hyperextension)
- Gamekeeper's Thumb
- Scaphoid Fracture
- Carpal Fracture
- Bennet's Fracture (intrarticular Fx at base of 1st MCP)
- Rolando Fracture (comminuted base of 1st MCP)
- Boxer's Fracture
- MCP Fracture
- 4th and 5th
- 2nd and 3rd
- Finger (Phalanx) Fracture